Section 44988 Of Article 1. Container Certification And Fees From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 17. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The director may promulgate regulations which establish
maturity standards governing the time at which avocados may be
harvested. The regulations shall include minimum maturity
requirements for the various varieties of avocados produced. The
standards may be established in the form of a variable maturity
range, which shall include a system for determination of avocado
maturity. This system shall prescribe criteria and a method by which
the dates of harvest and required maturity level, as measured by a
recognized method of measuring avocado maturity, may be established
by the director during each harvest season.
(b) The director may modify these requirements, from time to time,
in order to insure that the quality standards for marketing avocados
are maintained. These modifications shall not be subject to Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title
2 of the Government Code.